Word: marathoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Professor Daniel Branton told members of his Bio 7A class last Monday that they didn't have to go to the Boston Marathon to see great athletes--the National Diving Champion, Dan Watson, was in that very class...
...began playing golf on a converted cow pasture renamed Rolling Acres near his New London. Ohio, hometown, thinks the demands on a Harvard golfer make it less than idyllic. Carrying your own clubs, which can weigh 30 pounds or more, for 18 to 36 holes is a "mini-marathon," for anyone he says. The team doesn't ride around in golf carts sipping martinis between tees. They also play in adverse conditions. "At home," Baker remarks, "you wouldn't think of going out on the golf course when it's 40 degrees and raining," but at Harvard, they...
...Marathon fans were surprised when Salazar burst into the limelight last October, fulfilling his prediction by shattering the world record at the New York Marathon--a record that had stood for 12 years...
Apparently, that's still the same way he operates. Spectators at Monday's marathon saw Salazar stay back behind Dick Beardsley for the entire last six miles of the race--until he surged to the lead with less than half a mile...
While Salazar's friends and supporters at home rejoiced after his Monday victory. Eugene also celebrated the feats of two more of its prominent figures. Both John Lodwick, who took third in the marathon, and Shirley Kay Durtschi, the fourth woman across the finish line, are residents of the city...